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Cancer survivor takes part in research A woman diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 34 is taking part in genetics research in a bid to help her daughter and others like...
Date Published 20/04/2011
TONIGHT: Army of Freshmen — Moho Live; Eli Paperboy Reed and The True Loves — Sound Control; Lykke Li — Academy 2; Jamiroquai — Arena; Comeback Kid —...
Date Published 19/04/2011
MUSIC lovers can indulge in their passion locally as Jackson’s Pit host a two-day festival. Pit Fest will take place this Friday and next Friday at the George Street venue in...
Puressence, Ritz, Thursday THE Failsworth rockers have been making sweet music since 1992 and are gearing up for the release of their sixth album. The lads - James...
ELIJAH, OLDHAM CHORAL SOCIETY, Royal Northern College of Music Oldham Choral Society musical director Nigel Wilkinson drew performances of musical depth and artistic insight...
5@50, Royal Exchange, Manchester BRAD Fraser, no longer enfant terrible of Canadian theatre — well, he is 52 — showed signs with his last Manchester play, True Love...
HOLLINWOOD residents can enjoy a royal knees up at a Party in the Park on the day of the royal wedding, April 29. The party is at Limeside Park from 11am to 3pm. Face-painting,...
OLDHAM Community Radio 99.7fm has hosted its first summer stroll, with a two-and-a-half-hour meander around local points of interest. Around two dozen listeners turned out to...
Saddleworth Parish Council EMOTIONAL tributes were paid to Councillor Bob Birse, who celebrated the culmination of 39 years’ representing the people of Saddleworth. In...
Shaw dance school Madd! for Dance is celebrating a hat-trick of awards at the nationwide finals at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Not only were there three outright...
AN Oldham man has published a third book based on his mind and body development teachings. Wasyl Kolesnikov, a seventh dan in aikido, has written Point of Consciousness,...
A GROUP of 12 young volunteers from across Oldham have smashed the record for the amount of money raised by a Groundwork Prince’s Trust team. The tireless group...
STARS of Royton Tigers Rugby League Club will reunite for a day — to face Waterhead in an epic charity clash. It’s all in aid of injured servicemen’s charity...
A FIRE chief has warned hoax callers they face the full force of the law after a man was found guilty of making a false 999 call. James Solan, of Terrace Street, Oldham,...
THE future for local students looks bright, according to top university officials. The University of Huddersfield, which runs University Campus Oldham in Cromwell Street, has...
A SEMI-PRO mountain bike racer has had four bikes worth more than £12,000 stolen from his home. Tom Braithwaite has travelled the world to compete in some of the best...
A FATHER has confessed to downloading child porn — after being tracked down by American investigators. Michael Hayhurst (43), of Firwood Park, Chadderton, admitted 15...
A mother from Chadderton who lied about downloading child porn to protect her sex-offender son has been jailed alongside him. Christine Entwistle (49) was working as the...
AN OLDHAM man caught red-handed by police in a taxi, with a bag containing half a million pounds worth of heroin between his legs, told a court he had been used. Michael West...
Drunk smashes store windows in wrecking spree A DRUNKEN man caused up to £20,000 of damage after going on a wrecking rampage with a hammer in Greenfield. Callum...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
TONGE defeated M and B of Cheslyn Hay, Wolverhampton, in a special bowls challenge match at Wharton Conservative Club in Cheshire. Tonge, winners of the Manchester Premier...
OLDHAM RUFC 5, BLACKBURN 35 RUGBY UNION: WITH seven cry-offs from their selected squad, Oldham suffered a defeat which condemned them to relegation from North Lancs and...
DARTS: OLDHAM are bang in Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League title contention after the latest round of matches. The town team climbed to second place in the table,...
TABLE TENNIS: BASEMENT boys Coldhurst ‘A’ are celebrating Division One Cup final success in the Oldham Table Tennis League. Despite conceding 15 points to...
Rugby League: OLDHAM St Anne’s enjoyed a handsome 46-20 win at Normanton to secure Division One rugby for next season. Dane English scored three times and Andy Sands...
ATHLETICS: Chris Newton beat the three-hour mark in his first Virgin London Marathon at the weekend — and claimed it was one of the hardest things he has ever done. The...
RUGBY LEAGUE: MID-TABLE safety is no bad return for Saddleworth Rangers in their first season back in the top flight of the National Conference League. A 48-16 loss at Wath...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport AS the dust starts to settle on Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final victory over United, we must...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY travel to Leigh Genesis tonight in the Evo-Stik League Division One North (7.45pm kick-off) without Mike Oates. The striker limped off with an...
